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What a lovely deep interview! Wish TV hosts would also ask her these kind of questions instead of the usual TikTok, charlene, recording studio in hotel rooms, etc. etc.... no wonder a lot of people still think of her as a lightweight. I wasn't aware of this though - "We first considered Vegas High as a title for the album, which is one of the tracks on the record and alludes to my future residency in Las Vegas". I would've imagined that the tune, lyrics, etc. were composed independently and the title is coincidental to the Residency. But her quote here almost sounds like "hey, we got the residency in Vegas. Let's write a song about it"

I agree there...but in Kylie's case, I don't think even at the peak of her career, that TV perf's helped significantly. Or certainly not enough to justify the ROI (rehearsals, sound checks, etc.)

Is that and the other song available on Spotify or somewhere else? I haven't even heard them

I don't know about that anymore. a) the obvious - you don't have too many shows to perf anymore. b) even if there were platforms, The R2 Leicester thing, for example was shown on TV (Sat late night) and it didn't do much to help. c) even in the shows where she did show up, singing doesn't mean sales will increase (for example - she performed Kiss of Life with Jessie Ware, or Real Groove, or "music's too sad without you", etc. and it didn't do much for their chart positions or sales). When she does perform and it doesn't translate to sales or chart jumps. we look for another set of reasons (""oh, but the show was 10pm and no one watches it", "wrong choice of song", "song is incredible but sounds awful live", etc. etc.). I think we have to get over the "more TV perfs" as neither R2 Leicester gig or CapitalFM summertime ball (from Summer) do much to help the chart positions. Also, As with all legacy artists, we also have to face up that Kylie has a niche fan following who snapped up her records in Week 1. And that new/casual listeners attracted by PP doesn't mean increased sales or streaming for Tension.

Totally! Loved the PWL one she did on both the OANLT tour and 2001 Audience With

Considering she’ll be busy prepping for and beginning Vegas soon, she may not have enough time to prep for Audience With. I’m just praying and hoping she doesn’t use the same set list for her F2 Leicester and O2 gigs for the Audience With as well. Especially given the UK knows the early stuff as well, I don’t know why she performed Loco - she could’ve done Lucky or HOYH from that era if needed.

I suspect price reductions will come in wk 3

And Kiss me once

Well, the thing is Neighbours (or, for that matter, H&A) are no longer the powerhouses they used to be. If she ever ever needed a backup, she’s better off judging a reality show or from a soap op Angle - starring in Corrie (that, despite being drab has at least kept up the ratings).

So were a lot of K fans like me. The hypothesis on why it didn't is: 1. overall, record sales have fallen from 2020 to 2023 (so Kylie is still the 5th biggest opener for the year, I think) 2. With Disco, it was a Disco vs Little mix so the record label kept chucking out special editions and stuff through the week and the Covid cooped up kylie fans kept snapping them up to keep LM out of the race 3. Disco was discounted starting day 4 or 5 but Tension has been selling full price through the week

SmileyKylie you look so radiant :)

thanks. So jealous of you! :) My main gripe with the current campaign has been less focus on all her amazing things and achievements and focus on frivolous stuff like the ones I mentioned. And then carrying her own recording tools, etc. They don't even seem to talk about the album, every now and then she squeezes in the "Hold on to now is my favourite"

TOTALLY OT and I'm not trying to be mean or anything..... but I'm just constantly surprised that Lana sells so much even in this day and age. Does she have such a big ardent fan following? I didn't know Guts sold 60K...for some reason I thought she was 50K'ish. One thing I'm hearing about Tension is that the label hasn't discounted it. Good in a sense that the label is trying make money, but that probably cost her a few more 1000 sales. Week 2 will be interesting. I'm not keeping my hopes up that Audience With or Vegas show publicity will raise her sales in the UK come Nov/Dec, unless it came close on the release of the album like it did for Adele's last.

I can't wait. Hope she got enough screen time and hope they spoke more about Tension and her legacy and not the same old freakin "what does Padam mean" or Tiktok + Charlene.

Thank you. So in the last final day of counting, I presume she can just about equal Disco's sales? Which again is still very impressive for 2023.

The Neighbours one is baffling me - esp about "can you imagine what Charlene would've gotten up to on Tiktok". Same q was asked even on the Aussie promo from 2-3 days back. Leads me to believe that her PR team sets a set of questions per promo campaign so she can go into auto mode and spit out the responses without thinking. This promo campaign has been 1. tell us what rPadam really means 2. Tiktok 3. Neighbours and Charlene 4. "what would you tell the Kylie from 35 yrs ago?" 5. What can we expect from Vegas 6. Is it true that you do your own recording at hotels? On one hand, I'm glad they got rid of the other cliched questions, esp around her love for the gay community. But it's sad that for such a varied career of so many sounds and re-inventions, Kylie's PR team has them ask only this set of questions.

Found it - https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/kylie-minogu...d-13a3ed81.html Why is she still doing Locomotion and Kids???

Where?

As someone else had pointed out - BMG knows K has the #1 in the bag (unlike Disco and Little Mix) so they're not overselling week 1 but instead staggering the sales

+1 :P

haha Honestly, I hope they do! Such a comfy lead.

LOL I know. What a testament to our Queen's longevity though, 35 yrs into her career and outselling the top 20! At this point, BMG is probably focusing on healthy 1st week sales for Tension unlike the chess game for Disco vs Confetti. Edited to add: seeing the LM fans diss Kylie that week was absolute fun, lol

Totally. I have nothing against her but I thought the current "in" artist with the #1 song in the country would have much more.

Regarding sales : I think a 40K amount is fantastic for a Monday update. However, why do I have the feeling that Tension will be even more front loaded than Disco? Also, and again I'm no expert but quite disappointed with the streaming. I thought she'd manage much more with all the publicity, her taking over spotifyUK for a day (whatever that meant), etc. etc.

40K Monday’s update 69-75K by end of the week (including streaming)